Sāmarrā’ Weather in March
Sāmarrā’ in March
The short of it: Sāmarrā’ in March averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 11 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 12° · rain 20 mm · daylight 11 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Sāmarrā’ an average March high of 25°, a low of 12° and some 20 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 25°, with nights near 12°. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 53 min in mid-March, 58 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sāmarrā’ runs about middling and drier than most in March. Balad, 31 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
March in Sāmarrā’, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaladSalah ad Din | 31 km SE | 25° | 12° | 20 mm |
| TikrītSalah ad Din | 50 km NNW | 26° | 13° | 25 mm |
| Ad DujaylSalah ad Din | 50 km SE | 25° | 11° | 20 mm |
| Al-'AlamSalah ad Din | 60 km NNW | 26° | 13° | 27 mm |
| HabhabDiyala | 73 km SE | 25° | 12° | 23 mm |
| KhālişDiyala | 74 km SE | 25° | 12° | 23 mm |
| BaqubahDiyala | 83 km SE | 25° | 12° | 23 mm |
| Ţūz KhūrmātūSalah ad Din | 103 km NE | 24° | 11° | 36 mm |